KBS 702 and 701 scream under the bridge at Iroquois Junction as they begin their trip to Lafayette with 48 loads.
The power for the day at the KBS shops get ready for the day. As 704, 703, 702 and 701 will go to Lafayette with 48 loads. And then 705 and 706 will go to Danville. Photo taken with permission.
KBS 702 and 701 lead a Lafayette train of 48 loads under the US Route 41 overpass outside of Earl Park.
KBS 702 and 701 lead a Lafayette train of 48 loads into Earl Park on a beautiful summer morning, as a farmer on his tractor races the train across his field.
IC 6251, BLE 906 and DMIR 402 lead empty limestone through Sax.
After holding at the connection at CP River for M336 to clear with the BCOL heritage ET44AC leading, L508/509 hops off the River Line and back onto the mainline after a day of work at East Morris ... (more)
BRC 151 shuffles around boxcars on the east end of Clearing Yard on a humid summer morning while a Boeing 737-700 takes off from Midway Airport in the distance.
BICB takes the main through CSX’s Rockdale Yard with IAIS 516, the anniversary ES44AC leading in the last bit of light left.
The Troy Grove local heads southwest near McGirr, through the open farm-fields of Northern Illinois. UP GP40-2 1417 leads the way, followed by UP SD70M 4804 and a whopping two cars for Troy Grove.
M356 with the EJ&E heritage unit holds under the Cass Street bridge at CP Rock for a crew change while a westbound manifest proceeds it’s trip.
M356 whips around the curve coming out of Plainfield with the EJ&E heritage unit leading, passing the EJ&E era signal at Renwick Road.
L-CHI105 crosses the Des Planes into Lemont. A “fakebonnet” C44-9W that has seen better days leads a BNSF ES44AC.
The Millsdale Oil Local rockets on south through Lemont past the historic Lemont depot with EJ&E 656 at the point.
M356 crosses the UP Geneva Subdivision at JB Tower in West Chicago with CN 3023, the EJ&E heritage unit leading.
After hours of work at IHB’s Blue Island Yard, IAIS’s BIIHB transfer crosses the Cal Sag and swings around the large curve at Blue Island Junction with GP38-2 701 leading ES44AC 501, preparing... (more)
